The knowledge and expectations of parents about the role of antibiotic treatment in upper respiratory tract infection - A survey among parents attending the primary physician with their sick child

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-6

  Vinker, Shlomo ^a   Ron, Adi ^a   Kitai, Eliezer ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; NATURAL PRODUCT; PARACETAMOL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INDICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTAL AGE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 3042663729     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-4-20     Document Type: Article

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